Billiard-cue.



W. E. SMITH.

BILLIARD SUE- APPLICATION FILED AUG-2 I913- RENEWED APR- 22, 1915. 131

1,57 7 Patented June 1, 1915.

Witnesses THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTO-H1141. WASHINGTON. 11 C.

of Kansas,

WALTER n'slurrn, or WINFIELD, KANSAS.

IBILLIARD-CUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ju e 1, 1915 Application filed August 2, 1913, Serial No. 782,716. Renewed April 22,1915. Serial No. 23,219.

To all whom it may concern. i

Be it known that I, TALTER E. SMITH, :1 States, residing at WVinfieldJn the county of Cowley and State have invented a new and useful Billiard-Cue, of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates to a pool or billiard cue and more particularly to one in which the tip is detachably secured thereto.

An object of the present invention is to provide a pool or billiard cue with a quickly detachable tip.

A further object is to provide the end of a billiard or pool one with a screw extending therefrom and which is adapted to engage the tip and to rigidly secure the ferrule be tween the said cue and the said tip.

A further object is to provide a ferrule which is adapted to slide upon and be engaged by a projection extending from the pool or billiard cue and to provide the said ferrule with a dove-tail slot extending transversely thereof and into which slot fits a dove-tailed portion of a tip, there being a screw embedded in the said cue which extends through the ferrule and threadedly engages the said tip to hold the tip and ferrule rigidly in place and detachably secured to the cue.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification the preferred form'of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my improved cue, showing the extreme end of the cue, the ferrule, and the tip in cross section. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the various parts removed.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 is the wood or body portion of the one and is provided with a projection 2 extending lougitudinally therefrom and in which projection is embedded the screw 3.

' The ferrule 4 which will usually be made tuted therefor.

of bone or some allied substance is provided with the central bore 5 extending partially therethrough and communicating with wh ch is the restricted or smaller aperture 6,.1t belng noted that'both the apertures 5 and 6 areformed central of the outer surface of the ferrule which is-cylindrical in. outline. The outer end of the ferrule 4: is provided with a dove-tail slot '7 extending transversely thereacross and which slot is adapted to detachably hold a dove-tailed portion formed upon the tip. 1

The tip 8 is provided with the outer rounded surface 9, the same being of the usual contour such as is adapted to contact with the balls with which the game is played. Upon the inner surface of the tip 8 is formed the dove-tailed projection 10, the same being of a size so as to slide within the dove-tail slot of the'ferrule and to be securely held thereby. The tip is formed of some suitable material and is adapted to be held rigidly in place within the ferrule slot by means of the screw 3 which extends through the ferrule aperture 6 and is embedded in the said tip. As illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings the screw 3 is of a length suficient to extend through the restricted aperture 6 and slightly beyond the outer extremity of the dove-tail slot of the ferrule. When it is desired to remove a tip from the one such as I have described, the'ferrule leis rotated to thereby also rotate the tip 8 with the rethereby bedetached from the ferrule and may then be discarded. Anew tip may then be slidably disposedwithin the said dove-- tail slot until it comes approximately central thereof at which time the ferrule will be rotated to thereby also rotate the said tip with the result that the screw will be embedded within the tip and will wedgedly engage the same to thereby draw against the ferrule with the result that the tip and ferrule will be rigidly secured to the end of the one. With the cue as I have illustrated, the replacing and removing of the tip becomes a simple matter and it will be under stood that a number of tips may be provided with each cue and as they become worn may be readily discarded and new ones substi- Having thus described the invention, What Y I claim to be new and original with me is 1. A cue comprising a body portion, a screw embedded therein and projecting 'therebeyond, a ferrule rotatably engaging said cue body portion and said screw, said ferrule provided with a dovetailed slot extending transversely across the outer exsaid. screw. I

tremity thereof, a tip with a dovetailed extension fitting within the said ferrule dovetailed slot and threadedly engaging the sion and projecting axially therebeyond, a

ferrule provided with alined bores extending therethrough, one of said bores rotatabl-y engagi g sa d body portion extension, the other of said bores rotatably and slidably engaging said screw, said ferrule provided Gopies of this patent may be obtained for with a dovetailed slot extending transversely thereacross and communicating with the said bores, sup provided with a dovetailed extension fittingin and interlocking with the jecting within the dovetailed slot of the ferrule'and threadedly engaging said tip, said,

screw drawing the tip towardthe said extension and compressing the ferrule therebetween, said screWvengag-ingthe said tip substantially central thereof. and forcing the sides of the dovetailed'extension' into wedged engagement with, the sides of the dovetailed slot of the ferrulelq 1 In testimony thatIfclaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my-signa: ture in the presence of two witnesses Witnesses:

H. JJPADER, H. S. SOHANTZ. ,7

five cents each, by addressing the ifcoimnissioner 01' new, j I Washington, D. G3 I I 25 said ferrule dovetailed slot, said screw pro 7 WALTER n s rrHs 

